Lock for levers.



J. W. BARNES.

LOOK FOR LEVERS.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 3, 1911.

1,100,646, 7 Patented June 16,1914.

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8571?? Barnes UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN W. BARNES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

LOCK FoR LEVERS.

Application filed July 3, 1941. seriaino. 636,750.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JOHN W. BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the countyLof and useful Improvements in Looks for Levers, of which the following is a specification'.

My invention pertains to an improved fool: for levers'and'is particularly designed for application to the gear shift lever of an automobile.

It is aimed to provide a lock for this lever particularly applicable when the lever works in an H-segment such as is generally used and to construct a device which is in the nature of a reasonably permanent attachment.

While my attachment is permanent, it is nevertheless readily movable into inoperative position and in such inoperative position, it will be entirely out of the path of any of the operating parts connected to the H-segmen't.

The preferred form of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the He segment showing both the gear shift lever and the brake lever normally in operative position and showing the lock in operative position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the H-segment with the lock in operative position and showing, in dotted lines, the posi tion of the lock when inoperat-iveg'and, Fig. 3 is a perspective of a lock removed.

In the drawings, the normal H-segment is shown and designated 1. Opcrating'in this segment is the gear shift lever 2 shown in neutral position and the brake lever 3 mounted in a supplemental groove formed bythe lugs 4 and arch 5, said arch having its lower edge provided with ratchet teeth as at 6 foreotiperation with -a pawl 7 carried by the brake lever 3. V

. The locking element 8 is preferably of an arcuate contour toconform to the upper surface of the segment 1 and is provided at its rear edge with a pierced lug 9 for a pivotal mounting upon the bolt 1, extending through one end of the segment. The body proper of the lock is provided with fingers Franklinia-nd- State of Ohio, have invented certain new 1 and 11 sufliciently spaced for the receptlon therebetween of the lever 2 and having the end of the slot or space mentioned so located as to about aline wit-h the nearwall of the transverse .slot in the H-groove, when the lock is in upright position. One of the fingers is formed so that it will extend con-- siderably past the gear shift lever when in neutral position and is provided near its extremity with a slot 12 for the reception of a staple 13 carried by the segment 1.

In operation, it will be apparent that, with the gear shift lever in neutral position, the lock may be swung on its pivot-from an inoperative position such .as that shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, until it is in superimposed relation with t-he segment top in this position, the opposing sides of t-he'fingers 10 and 11 are closing the wall of the longitudinal slot in the H, and consequently maintaining the lever 2 within the transverse slot and preventing lateral movement thereof.

As it is well understood that the lever must be shifted laterally before an effective operation can take place, it will be seen that it is locked in inoperative position. T. insure against accidental release of the pivoted member, I customarily provide a pad-lock shown at 14 which passes through the staple 13 and positively maintains the lock 8 in operative position.

What I claim, is'

A look for a lever operating in an H-segment comprising a member pivotally attached at one of'its ends to said segment, forwardly extending fingers slightly spaced from each other, integrally formed on said member, said fingers embracing the lever to hold it in neutralposition, one of said fingers being longer than the other and having a slot formed therein, a staple on .said segment in a position to register with said slot in said longer finger when said member is in locked position,- and a padlock for said staple. 4

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN w. BARNES.

lVitnesses A. L. PHnLrs, INoLn A. Momns.

Copies of thls patent may be. obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

